There's a difference between interest and commitment. When you are interested in doing something, you do it only when circumstances permit. When you are committed to doing something, you accept no excuses, only results.

Wednesday, February 10, 2010

This week has been much more of a doosey! The little girls must have coughed in my face one too many times. I got my mileage in Monday...but felt so puny that I took a "sick day" on Tuesday. I rested and chugged Emergen-C and hoped for the best. I was so thankful that my training scheduled called for 0-3 miles, so I haven't messed myself up with regard to getting my runs in. I got up this morning determined to get my six miles in (schedule called for 4-6), and I did...technically. If I include my warm up/cool down walking.

Amazingly, I felt better while running than I have any time in the past two days. Yesterday I even longed for a nice, easy two-miler. I have to remind myself sickness happens and it is best to rest when your body is telling you to. Especially when the training schedule allows for it! What I definitely do not want is prolonged sicknesses due to being a dummy and not listening to my body.

I think I have finally answered the question of whether or not to include my warm up and cool down in my mileage. When the training schedule calls for a range of mileage, I am counting it. When it calls for a specific number, as starts next week on one of the days, I will not count it. I will still type it out, though. Heaven forbid my OCD self messes up a "list". Ha.

In other news:

I am a winner! I won a fabulous pair of Recovery Socks (in fuchsia, thankyouverymuch) on Melanie's blog: Tall Mom on the Run. Thank you for the great giveaway, Mel! And thank you to the folks at The Recovery Sock for providing the swag! I am excited to test them, especially as my mileage increases!